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Utica is the city that loves refugees and over 25% of the cities population are former refugees. Kathryn Stam shares her story about how they are shaping our community, the challenges they face, and the lessons we can learn from them. Kathryn R. Stam, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the SUNY Institute…

Suzanne Richardson wanted her students to connect with our environment and community – and what better way to do so than to aimlessly wander? Wandering is a lost art and has consequences both in real-life and throughout literature. Suzanne Richardson was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, where she received an alternative education at…

We live in a culture where everything we buy or own is considered to be disposable – the vast majority of the things we buy are built to be treated this way. We just kind of expect that if something breaks we’ll take it back to the store and get a new one. We rarely…

Let’s continue the conversation. Following our main TEDxUtica event on October 23rd, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be having some smaller get togethers (Salons) around the city of Utica where we’ll feature some of our favorite TED Talks, local speakers, and provide an atmosphere where we can get together to meet one another and…

by Ryan Miller, TEDxUtica Organizer The process for planning our first main TEDxUtica event has been a pretty amazing experience, and one that’s been unfolding over the better part of a full year. I personally have learned a lot, especially when it comes to things such as being part of a team, promoting something you…